**Beware SPOILERS** Obi-Wan Kenobi Series on Disney+ **Beware SPOILERS**

[Victοr]

Original Obi-Wan scripts were too bleak, so Based Kathleen reworked them.

 

[ZE_501]

I for one, am looking forward to this. Just about everyone I know outside this forum is, they also liked Boba and Mando…..

You guys are just grumpy.

Curious if any of you can write? If so, what are you looking for in this?

Yes, I can write. I've been paid to do so as well as edit and script-doctor.

Conceptualization of a lot of the new media fails when measured against stylistic resonance with the original source material, as well as continuity across narrative, characters and world-building.

Star Wars presents unique problems: it has the constraints of a period drama (like a WWII film) and historical precedents set within its fictional universe that are often thrown out for the sake of expediency and profit.

What this means for me is that some of these stories shouldn't have been attempted in the first place. The Mandalorian worked, in spite of some missteps, because it was generally its own thing and respected constraints (until Filoni really sank his teeth into it).

The Book of Boba Fett is objectively shown to be poorly executed on multiple levels, as has been detailed ad infinitum in other threads. If people like it anyway, well that's certainly their business.

'Kenobi' is of a time and place best imagined rather than filled in for the sake of profit. I was looking for them not to make this. I understand it's a very unpopular opinion but in storytelling, sometimes less is more.

I keep saying "you can never go back" but Disney begs to differ with me, so check your credit cards at the door.

 

[Otomofan]

- Michael Ansara? -

 

[Prime Clone]

'Kenobi' is of a time and place best imagined rather than filled in for the sake of profit. I was looking for them not to make this. I understand it's a very unpopular opinion but in storytelling, sometimes less is more.

I'd even go so far as to say we shouldn't have got Solo or RO. We don't need every OT reference checked off.

Also, having the Inquisitors sniffing around Tatooine doesn't sit well with me. Obi-Wan went there because it was the one place Vader would never go - yet Vader would have a personal interest in the hunt for him.

 

[Wor-Gar]

'Kenobi' is of a time and place best imagined rather than filled in for the sake of profit.

I agree.

Bridging this time period is unnecessary.


But Star Wars has become as ubiquitous as comic books and therefore will ultimately have much more forgotten trash then it will good stories.

 

[pixletwin]

Don’t watch it. Don’t engage in any discussion about it. Close your eyes and you’ll be blissfully unaware and it will remain a mystery.
Problem solved.

 

[matticus]

I agree.

Bridging this time period is unnecessary.


But Star Wars has become as ubiquitous as comic books and therefore will ultimately have much more forgotten trash then it will good stories.

The ST failure lead Kathy here. Now you get "legacy" character failure on streaming instead of a movie. This is truly a corporate run company as all that is seen is green. With so many SW fans desperate for content, who knows if there will be another in the red SW property. BoBF was a creative failure, yet it is one of if not thee most watched D+ show. Seeing all that green/eyeballs still shows success to a big corp, regardless of story negativity.

 

[darth dennis]

Nobody I know outside this forum even watched BoBF or knows it exists.

I don't know anyone outside this forum...

 

[ZE_501]

I'd even go so far as to say we shouldn't have got Solo or RO. We don't need every OT reference checked off.

In spite of its jarring tonal differences and a couple of stumbles, I think Rogue One largely succeeded. Solo was fun and harmless. I agree neither was necessary but at least RO added to the weight of the OT with its grim stakes. And that final space battle above Scarif was a beautiful thing.

Also, having the Inquisitors sniffing around Tatooine doesn't sit well with me. Obi-Wan went there because it was the one place Vader would never go - yet Vader would have a personal interest in the hunt for him.

Lucas is responsible for beginning the retcon of Tatooine into a destination rather than a marginal, hardscrabble backwater lost in the bleak expanse of the vast Outer Rim. Disney has been doubling down on that and fans keep buying it.

I agree.

Bridging this time period is unnecessary.


But Star Wars has become as ubiquitous as comic books and therefore will ultimately have much more forgotten trash then it will good stories.

If this story had any fidelity to 1977's Star Wars, it'd just be years of Kenobi staring at sand, running into the odd Raider (and cutting its stupid alien arms off), bartering with filthy Jawas, stopping in at Mos Eisley maybe a couple of times -- covertly -- given he's a fugitive, and having an occasional argument with salty Owen.

Maybe some flashbacks and he'd look sad a lot while hiding from any stormtroopers unlucky enough to stop-over or get garrisoned on that bleak dustball. Tatooine was nowhere.

Don’t watch it.

I probably won't.

 

[Prime Clone]

Don’t watch it. Don’t engage in any discussion about it. Close your eyes and you’ll be blissfully unaware and it will remain a mystery.
Problem solved.

I didn't watch TBOBF or much of Mando, but I know they're still there... and canon...

 

[Khev]

lol

 

[Prime Clone]

Lucas is responsible for beginning the retcon of Tatooine into a destination rather than a marginal, hardscrabble backwater lost in the bleak expanse of the vast Outer Rim. Disney has been doubling down on that and fans keep buying it.

It's true we've revisited Tatooine way more often than expected, but at least on Lucas' watch it was favoured by heroes and villains alike precisely *because* of its nowhere-ness.

These days, of all the things to find in the Sarlacc's belly, there's a Stormtrooper...

 

[ZE_501]

It's true we've revisited Tatooine way more often than expected, but at least on Lucas' watch it was favoured by heroes and villains alike precisely *because* of its nowhere-ness.

These days, of all the things to find in the Sarlacc's belly, there's a Stormtrooper...

I still think he screwed up -- starting with the special editions when he made it so ... err ... dense.

My original memory of Star Wars is actually a feeling that I couldn't possibly have articulated as a child ... of a vast, lonely galaxy of great distances, deep secrets and lost history with people struggling to get by against a titanic backdrop ... like a Mcquarrie painting.

That place was huge and anything could happen there.

In my opinion, we've lost that and the property is diminished because of it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nothing happens if it ain't on Tatooine.

 

[YoNoSe]

If there's a bright center to the universe it's probably expensive.

 

[Wor-Gar]

If there's a bright center to the universe ...

... it must be TAT-2-EEEEEEEN!

Gunslingers, gang-bangs, and one ugly lady.

 

[YoNoSe]

A wretched hive of scum and villainy and mopeds.

 

[ZE_501]

If there's a bright center to the universe it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

Fixed.

 

[Victοr]

Nobody I know outside this forum even watched BoBF or knows it exists.

Nobody I know outside of this forum would ever treat me like a man if I went and talked to them about "The Book Of Boba Fett", especially if I went on my rant of how it continues ruining the SW brand. We joke and banter, but the actual people who watch and are invested in all these things are very, very few, if we make it a global thing. Everyone knows what SW is, at least in the West, and they can enjoy it, but EU Vs. Canon and heavy involvement in the brand is a no-no. The fact that we buy dollies that cost 1/3rd of a grand each makes us an even smaller minority. Can you imagine going to someone and telling them that you spend more on a toy that you're not even playing with, and are likely to replace in 5 years, than they spent on their good winter coat? It's all a bit relative and of course our money is our money, but still. It's not something I'm eager to share with the outside world.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Can you imagine going to someone and telling them that you spend more on a toy that you're not even playing with, and are likely to replace in 5 years, than they spent on their good winter coat?

No. I hide my arrivals and try to sneak them past my wife best I can as it is.